Supreme Court of India
Daljit Singh v. State of Haryana & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that Section 174A IPC is an independent, substantive offence, that can continue even if the proclamation under Section 82, Cr.P.C. is extinguished.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the order passed by the High Court refusing to quash the complaint, summoning order and order declaring the appellant a proclaimed offender passed by the Magistrate; whether the proclaimed offender status, under the provisions of the Cr.P. ., of an accused can subsist if such accused stands acquitted during trial in connection to the very same offence; and whether the subsistence of the proclamation u/s.82 Cr.P. . necessary for the authorities to proceed against accused against whom such proclamation issued, u/s.174A IPC. Headnotes† Code of
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- 1971 Matru Alias Girish Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 1997 State through Cbi v. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Ors.
- 2013 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Pradeep Sharma
- 2021 Prem Shankar Prasad v. The State of Bihar & Anr.
- 2008 Vimalben Ajitbhai Patel v. Vatslabeen Ashokbhai Patel and Ors.
- 2024 Srikant Upadhyay & Ors v. State of Bihar & Anr.
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